>> Is this Hoffman thingy supposed to be in verse, for pete's sake?
>
> Actually, I may have made it worse than it is (which is bad enough), as I
> realise the Questia text conflates the dialogue with the stage directions.
>
>>> But thou deare soule, whose nerues and artires
>>> In dead resoundings summon vp reuenge,
>>> And thou shalt hate, be but appeas'd sweete hearse,
>>> The dead remembrance of my liuing father, strikes ope a curtaine
>>> And with a hart as aire, swift as thought where appeares a body.
>>> I'le execute iustly in such a cause. 10
>
> Should read:
>
> But thou deare soule, whose nerues and artires
> In dead resoundings summon vp reuenge,
> And thou shalt hate, be but appeas'd sweete hearse,
> The dead remembrance of my liuing father,
>
> [strikes ope a curtaine where appeares a body.
>
> And with a hart as aire, swift as thought
> I'le execute iustly in such a cause.
>
> A Remorseful Rodent
>
Well, I had really figured that, but it spoils the fun.
Tell you what, we could perform it, with the stage directions spoken as
well. And while we're at it let's pronounce the long esses as effs.
Salisbury Repertory Company did a spoof along those lines as part of their
Christmas revue, some time around 1960 -- didn't see it myself but my mother
did, and was entranced at them all calling each other Filly Fod and
fuchlike.
Cwningen Wen
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